[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2154 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2154

  To provide for food stamp eligibility for aliens who were receiving 
supplemental security income benefits on August 22, 1996, or aliens who 
        are eligible for supplemental security income benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 1997

Mrs. Meek of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                    to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for food stamp eligibility for aliens who were receiving 
supplemental security income benefits on August 22, 1996, or aliens who 
        are eligible for supplemental security income benefits.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FOOD STAMP ELIGIBILITY FOR ALIENS WHO WERE RECEIVING SSI ON 
              AUGUST 22, 1996 AND ALIENS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SSI.

    Section 402(a)(2) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)) is amended 
by adding after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) Food stamp eligibility for aliens receiving 
                ssi on august 22, 1996 and aliens eligible for ssi.--
                With respect to eligibility for benefits for the 
                program defined in paragraph (3)(B) (relating to the 
                food stamp program), paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
                an alien who--
                            ``(i) was receiving benefits under the 
                        program defined in paragraph (3)(A) (relating 
                        to the supplemental security income program) on 
                        August 22, 1996; or
                            ``(ii) is eligible for benefits under the 
                        program defined in paragraph (3)(A) (relating 
                        to the supplemental security income 
                        program).''.
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